About

Pro Helvetia’s Swiss Performing Arts selection serves to promote Swiss theatre and dance companies in the national and international arena. The website presents independent and institutional companies that undertake international tours on a regular basis and have been granted financial assistance for this by Pro Helvetia on several occasions over the past two years. This selection does not claim to be exhaustive: also other Swiss companies can profit from Pro Helvetia’s support for guest performances. Funding does not depend on a presentation on this Website.

The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia is a public-law foundation and is entirely funded by the Swiss Confederation. On behalf of the Confederation, it supports artistic production throughout Switzerland, fosters cultural exchange and art outreach at home, and backs the dissemination of Swiss culture abroad.
Enhancing the presence and visibility of Swiss arts at home and abroad is one of Pro Helvetia’s key tasks. A lot of its activities outside Switzerland are based on a strong international network. The Arts Council maintains liaison offices in Cairo, Johannesburg, New Delhi, Shanghai and Moscow, runs the Centre culturel suisse in Paris, funds the cultural programmes of the Swiss Institute in Rome and New York, and cooperates with swissnex in San Francisco. It also serves as a point of contact for Swiss embassies around the world as well as for Swiss and foreign cultural event organisers.